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Chamisa has not collected his pension
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has revealed that he has not collected the pension he accrued during his tenure as a Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament over 11 ...Published: 27 Oct 2024 at 13:17hrs | 1576 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe teachers down chalks
WORKERS yesterday accused government of making empty promises on improved wages and conditions of service for "too many years", as teachers declared "incapacitation" again.With schools opening...Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:53hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Another diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
BULAWAYO has recorded a fourth diarrhoea outbreak since last year with 157 cases having been reported so far in the high-density suburb of Tshabalala Extension.The last outbreak in the city wa...Published: 02 Dec 2021 at 05:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo
TSHABALALA Extension in Bulawayo has been hit by diarrhoea, with over 500 families affected after they allegedly drank contaminated water.Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is struggling to provide p...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:38hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
We need to repair our sick politics
AS strange as it might sound or seem, you can be sure there is an imbecile somewhere in our beloved teapot-shaped country that is very unhappy the weatherman is forecasting we might have a very good r...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Bishop Lazi
Dirty water fury in Bulawayo's Emganwini
DIRTY and smelly water coming from taps in Bulawayo's Emganwini suburb has residents worried that another diarrhoeal disease outbreak may hit the area. Two months ago, the high-density suburb ...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Why Bulawayo service delivery is collapsing
LONG-TOUTED as the best-run local authority in the country, the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is failing to offer efficient services as seen by collapsing water and sewer infrastructure, failureto f...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sewage horror in Bulawayo
BULAWAYO residents have called on Bulawayo City Council to urgently attend to burst sewers which have become a health time bomb in the city.In Mzilikazi and Makokoba suburbs, there are areas w...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Bulawayo again
BULAWAYO has recorded a third diarrhoea outbreak in 11 months with about 50 cases being reported in the high-density suburb of Emganwini. Residents have accused the city council of failing to provide ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Namibia returns to uninterrupted hunting as animal rights groups seek to spoil the 'party'
Namibians have welcomed the return of uninterrupted hunting, following a near-total absence of international hunting in 2020, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic travel bans. As hunting retur...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:19hrs | | by Emmanuel Koro
'Soldiers marching on empty tummies'
PARLIAMENT has exposed government for its failure to address the plight of soldiers by not providing essentials that include medical aid and allowances, as well as adequate food rations, resulting in ...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
U.S. presses Zimbabwe on labour rights
The United States ambassador to Zimbabwe has called on the government to respect labour rights after threats to replace teachers striking over poor pay.Brian Nichols met labour and social welf...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
The pig in Mthuli Ncube's bacon
I had occasion in my last visit to my discerning barber to try and explain the latest glowing World Bank reviews of the sterling performance of finance minister Mthuli Ncube and the minister's impecca...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Zifiso Masiye
Hundreds ill after drinking sewage-contaminated water
MORE than 200 residents including school children in Empumalanga's DRC suburb in Hwange were on Thursday and Friday taken ill following a diarrhoea outbreak suspected to have been caused by a sewage l...Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
How Chamisa shredded MDC rules to assume power
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African funeral parlour, Tsvangir...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa: The personification of a selfish leader
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from the heiress apparent, Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African fun...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:20hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Make bread 'reachable' to NSSA pensioners
This morning today, yes, today at around 9 a.m Mr Marufu a NSSA pensioner walked in front of me into a local supermarket in our area for bread. The senior citizen headed straight for the deli ...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 16:50hrs | | by Gabarinocheka
Outcry over bread price hike
ZIMBABWEANS have raised concern over bakers' decision to increase the price of bread from $1,40 to $2,60 or alternatively US$0,90 for a standard loaf.The increase came hot on the heels of a th...Published: 05 Feb 2019 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Qoki ZiNdlovukazi and associated donors feed the homeless this Christmas
The UK based Matebeleland and Midlands women Facebook group 'Qoki, ZiNdlovukazi...Manina Amahle' has again done Bulawayo proud by f...Published: 25 Dec 2018 at 08:41hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Double standards by Rio Zim
DearRio Tonto Zimbabwe particularly Murowa Diamonds has a policy whereby prospective employees are subjected to serious vetting including police clearance and anyone with a criminal record is ...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Concerned Zvishavane Residents
Burombo flats in Makokoba a health time bomb- MP Toffa
MDC legislator Jasemine Toffa has insinuated that Buromboi Flats in Bulawayo are a serious healthy time bomb considering the fact that the house over 1000 people."I would like to first of all ...Published: 04 Oct 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa is a very bad and poor chip off the Tsvangirai block
Mario Vargas Llosa, the world-famed Peruvian writer, penned a small, but sweet collection of incisive essays titled "A Writer's Reality." My favourite from that collection is "Novels Disguised". Its a...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:13hrs | | by Igomombe
ZPP exposes threats BVR was to be used for witch hunting voters
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has extensively reported on widespread intimidation and harassment used in the run up to the elections. The organisation said there were threats of using the B...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Depriving the poor of the right to education
Dear Editor, Thank you and your crew for your informative editions which have become the voice of the voiceless giving hope to the hopeless.What we witnessed today driving around Murow...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 11:04hrs | 5 | by Murowa Community Zvishavane
Majongwe threatens to sue govt
The Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) Secretary - General Mr Raymond Majongwe has threatened to take the government to court for failing to address hunger and schooling equipment for schoo...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mnangagwa under probe on 39 counts of fraud; Mugabe to stand trial on 20 000 murder charges
The ideology ZANU PF is a proponent of a conservative socialist ideology, Pan Africanist and anti- imperialist western values, doctrines and democracies. Pu...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
One child dies, 3 siblings hospitalised after eating poisoned inkobe
A GRADE One pupil died while three of her siblings and mother are admitted at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo after they ate food suspected to have been poisoned.The deceased, Lwandile Ncub...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kusosa, the name that terrifies Bosso fans
"ANY trouble with a Highlanders fan? Tell him don't talk to me, talk to my KUSOSA!" And if you want to send Highlanders fans nuts? Simply change your surname to Kusosa! It might work.If there'...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:17hrs | | by Noel Munzabwa
Tobacco farmers failing to get cash
Tobacco farmers are struggling to get their money at auction floors, as the country's severe cash crunch continues to worsen.This is despite the government's recent directive to banks ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Open Letter to Zimbabwe
Fellow ZimbabweansIt is with a very heavy heart that this letter is written. It is not to prove any point of superiority in reasoning but the pain of failure, failure not born out of failure i...Published: 04 Mar 2017 at 08:06hrs | 19 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda, Liberal Democrats Chair
Poem: Memories of Atrocities
The boys came from the east, They were not the revered wisemen, Clad in the green camouflage they crawled Night and day they brutalised folks Their shadows shot tremors into raft grain...Published: 21 Dec 2016 at 22:39hrs | | by Wilson Chipangura
This n that with Mal'phosa - Let us sPray
Abantu amanga! Just this week they were claiming that the price of doom is going to go up ten-fold. They said that the manufacturers had invented new uses for their product - something like, Lacto - i...Published: 27 Nov 2016 at 14:35hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Seven days Ultimatum for Mugabe's government
Coezette Chirinda spokesperson of Justice for Woman organisation during a press conference held in Harare yesterday condemned inhuman practices by police and gave a seven days ultimatum to the governm...Published: 21 Sep 2016 at 17:53hrs | | by Panashe Makufa
ECD pupils drink rat poison
There was pandemonium at Mqiqika Primary School in Nketa on Monday after three pupils collapsed after allegedly drinking rat poison.An Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupil had brought a pow...Published: 29 Jul 2016 at 10:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
43 kids hospitalised after being teargassed in Bulawayo block of flats
More than 40 children in Zimbabwe have been admitted to hospital after inhaling teargas let off by riot police inside their block of flats in Bulawayo, a human rights lawyer has claimed.Th...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 09:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Taxes only good for the government and not ordinary citizens
TAXES were, of course, good for the government and not so good for the ordinary citizen who barely understood what was happening. To him, it was a simple case of the government extending its high-hand...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 17:10hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Book Review: 'No More Plastic Balls and Other Stories'
The last analysis of the anthology 'No More Plastic Balls and Other Stories' was almost a success to the purpoted audience who received the piece with great enthusiasm.It is a rare thing that ...Published: 26 Jun 2016 at 20:12hrs | 42 | by Wilson Chipangura
Mugabe's full address on Bond Note
We reproduce here the full text of President Mugabe's address to the Zanu-PF Central Committee in Harare yesterday.Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Phelekezela Mphoko, secretary for Administration I...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top Zanu-PF officials in food poisoning scare
Top Zanu PF officials including Women League Deputy Secretary Eunice Sandi-Moyo dramatically fell sick on Saturday in suspected food poisoning.Bulawayo24.com is reliably informed that guests s...Published: 22 May 2016 at 08:46hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Big belly soldiers irk senator Mlotshwa
Matabeleland South MDC-T senator Sithembile Mlotshwa has expressed his dissatisfaction of the capability to discharge duties by some soldiers who have big bellies.Asking the Defence Minister S...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Diarrhoea outbreak hits Gwanda as water demo flops
Gwanda's only two health centres, Phakama Poly Clinic and the Gwanda Provincial Hospital have been hit by a sudden increase in diarrhoea cases directly attributed to the water crisis hitting the town....Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 11:59hrs | | by Ndou Paul
The last vestiges of our cruel culture, IsiNdebele culture: Polygamy
Polygamy will be wiped off by growing globalization My mother was the fourth wife to my father, he had six wives in his homestead. She was no...Published: 04 Jun 2015 at 15:00hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata: taken from the eBook 'Sweetmother'
Evil destruction caused by Zimbabwe farm invasions of 1999
Coleen the daughter of a Zimbabwean white farmer: Evil destruction caused by Farm invasions of 1999Taken from the eBook, "Sweetmother" My...Published: 29 May 2015 at 16:05hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
It's year 2015 Gugurahundi in reverse now
It's year 2015 Gugurahundi in reverse now: Mass soldier-recruitment from Mathebeleland immediately, fear of imminent streets - mass-protests by ZANUDear...Published: 27 Mar 2015 at 17:56hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
God supports polygamy says Chief
SENATOR Chief Chiduku caused a stir at the senate on Tuesday when he suggested that God is in full support of polygamy as men can marry as many women as they want.Chief Chiduku was debating a ...Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 06:08hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
This and that with Mal'phosa - Galo-Yephuka!
My grandfather wrestled my grandmother's love from her heart via 'galo-yephuka'. This is nothing like a gun to your head, a knife to your throat or a spear to your heart but the panic is just like th...Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 11:30hrs | | by Clerk Ndlovu
Community Share Trusts: 'So what?' attitude at play
Talk on Community Share Ownership Trusts has died away. And in the hope to re-awaken the once much talked about programme, Cde Robert Mugabe recently made the following statement, one more similar...Published: 31 Oct 2014 at 14:06hrs | | by Zisunko Ndlovu
Unseen stones pelt boy (12)
IN an unfolding macabre real life drama that reads like a gothic horror movie script, a 12-year-old boy in Mabvengwa Village in Marange area is being pelted by stones and is occasionally being strangl...Published: 29 Aug 2014 at 16:08hrs | | by Ray Bande
MDC-T hints at countrywide anti-Mugabe demos
THE MDC-T yesterday said it was planning countrywide protests against President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF rule saying this would be the best way to salvage the people from the current crisis bedevilli...Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rusty Castle lager pints recalled
There is a notable absence of the favorite Castle lager pints in most drinking outlets in Gwanda following an exposé by Bulawayo24.com that imbibers were being subjected to drinking beers whose tops ...Published: 01 Apr 2014 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
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